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Blanco-Fombona, Rufino
1874 - Born on June 17th in Caracas, Venezuela. Venezuelan literary historian and man of letters who played a major role in bringing the works of Latin American writers to world attention.
1908 - Jailed during the early years of the dictatorship of Juan Vicente Gómez, Blanco-Fombona fled to Europe.
1912 - His novel, El hombre de oro (The Man of Gold), was published.
1914 - He established Editorial América in Madrid, which presented Latin American writers to the European literary world.
1919 - Other important works include 'Letras y letrados de Hispano-América' ( “Letters and the Learned in Latin America”) and 'Grandes escritores de América' (“Great Writers of America”).
1929 - Two of his critical works, 'El modernismo y los poetas modernistas' (“Modernism and the Modernist Poets”) and 'Camino de imperfección, diario de mi vida (1906–1913)' (“Road of Imperfection, Diary of My Life 1906–1913”), are considered standard works on the Modernist movement in Spanish.
1944 - Died on October 17th in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1908 - Jailed during the early years of the dictatorship of Juan Vicente Gómez, Blanco-Fombona fled to Europe.
1912 - His novel, El hombre de oro (The Man of Gold), was published.
1914 - He established Editorial América in Madrid, which presented Latin American writers to the European literary world.
1919 - Other important works include 'Letras y letrados de Hispano-América' ( “Letters and the Learned in Latin America”) and 'Grandes escritores de América' (“Great Writers of America”).
1929 - Two of his critical works, 'El modernismo y los poetas modernistas' (“Modernism and the Modernist Poets”) and 'Camino de imperfección, diario de mi vida (1906–1913)' (“Road of Imperfection, Diary of My Life 1906–1913”), are considered standard works on the Modernist movement in Spanish.
1944 - Died on October 17th in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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LA ESPADA DEL SAMURAY. by Rufino. Blanco Fombona (Paperback - Jul 25, 2008) |
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Obras selectas: SeleccioÌn, proloÌgo y estudio bibliograÌfico (ClaÌsicos y modernos hispanoamericanas) by Rufino Blanco-Fombona (Unknown Binding - Jul 25, 2008) |
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Rufino Blanco Fombona: De el hombre de hierro a el hombre de oro (Coleccion Ciencias del hombre) by Aura Barradas de Tovar (Unknown Binding - Jul 25, 1986) |
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Obsesion de libertad: Vida y obra de Rufino Blanco Fombona by Juan Gregorio Rodriguez Sanchez (Unknown Binding - Jul 25, 1988) |
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Viendome vivir : primer diario inedito by Rufino Blanco-Fombona (Unknown Binding - Jul 25, 1998) |
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Rufino Blanco Fombona by Rufino Blanco Fombona (Unknown Binding - Jul 25, 1977) |
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